Cross-Institutional Records: “Nick Bee” Communications Across Ann Arbor Police Department, HHS-OIG, and University of Michigan (AAPD Case 17-3517)
Record: “Nick Bee” communications appear across law enforcement, federal, and university records.
Timeline: Absent from 2018 FOIA → produced in 2020 → produced in full in 2025.
Status: The record aligns across systems. The explanation does not.
Records relating to Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD) Case 17-3517 were obtained at multiple points through FOIA requests.
Materials obtained in Spring 2018 do not reflect the existence of a search warrant dated August 17, 2017 or associated email communications attributed to “Nick Bee.”
In response to a subsequent FOIA request, records produced on June 4, 2020 include a search warrant and return dated August 17, 2017, together with materials reflecting the collection of Google account data and associated email communications (Seventh Search Warrant – Google Data (August 17, 2017)). This record was not produced in response to earlier FOIA requests relating to the Rougeau investigation and was obtained through a later FOIA release dated May 19, 2020. These materials—including references to and excerpts of email communications—were not identified in records obtained via FOIA from the Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD) in 2018.
The email communications presented in the prior post were produced in response to a 2025 FOIA request to the Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD) for a DVD identified in a prior HHS-OIG FOIA response (August 2017 Email Communications).
The communications include emails attributed to “Nick Bee" (an unidentified witness) describing allegations of criminal conduct by Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou against Dr. Paul Cronin that are not supported by any identified investigative findings in the record.
Separate records reflect that the same communications were present within materials associated with an institutional investigation, including records maintained in connection with the University of Michigan’s Office for Civil Rights & Investigations (OCRI/OIE) process.
These materials appear in summary, excerpt, and full form across the record.
The same communications appear across law enforcement records, federal investigative materials, and institutional investigative files.
The record is consistent.
No corresponding institutional explanation has been produced.
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Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.